שיר המעלות לדוד לולי ה' שהיה לנו יאמר נא ישראל. ישראל סבא. כתיב (בראשית כח יא) וישכב במקום ההוא. אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי כאן שכב הא כל עשרים שנה שהיה בבית לבן לא שכב. ומה היה אומר ט"ו שיר המעלות שבספר תהלים. ר' שמואל בר נחמני אמר כל ספר תהלים היה אומר. מאי טעמא (תהלים כב ד) ואתה קדוש יושב תהלות ישראל. ישראל סבא:
Psalm of Ascents. A Song of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say— "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul." Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124)
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[edit. This psalm was written by David and is one of the "Songs of Ascents" that were traditionally sung by the Jewish people on their way to the Temple in Jerusalem. It expresses gratitude to God for His protection and deliverance from their enemies. The term "Israel Saba" is used to refer to the Jewish people as a whole, with "saba" meaning "grandfather" or "elder." The Midrash relates that Jacob, the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel, slept at the very spot where the Temple was eventually built, and that it was from this experience that the name "Israel Saba" came to be used in this psalm.]
שיר המעלות לדוד לולי ה' שהיה לנו יאמר נא ישראל. ישראל סבא. כתיב (בראשית כח יא) וישכב במקום ההוא. אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי כאן שכב הא כל עשרים שנה שהיה בבית לבן לא שכב. ומה היה אומר ט"ו שיר המעלות שבספר תהלים. ר' שמואל בר נחמני אמר כל ספר תהלים היה אומר. מאי טעמא (תהלים כב ד) ואתה קדוש יושב תהלות ישראל. ישראל סבא:
Psalm of Ascents. A Song of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say— "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul." Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124)
[edit. This psalm was written by David and is one of the "Songs of Ascents" that were traditionally sung by the Jewish people on their way to the Temple in Jerusalem. It expresses gratitude to God for His protection and deliverance from their enemies. The term "Israel Saba" is used to refer to the Jewish people as a whole, with "saba" meaning "grandfather" or "elder." The Midrash relates that Jacob, the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel, slept at the very spot where the Temple was eventually built, and that it was from this experience that the name "Israel Saba" came to be used in this psalm.]